June 3rd to Septembre 28th 2008
Espace 400e, the official site of the 2008 festivities!
Bassin Louise in Quebec City's Old Port.

A real whirlwind of shows, entertainment, and free activities for the whole family will be on offer every day as artists, singers, musicians, dancers, acrobats, historians, and conference speakers light up Grande Place, the wharves, the Ephemeral Gardens, Petite Place, and all around the pavilion for 17 uninterrupted weeks.

June 5 to October 26, 2008
Le Louvre à Québec
www.mnba.qc.ca
Through this unprecedented collaboration of the Musée du Louvre, which has agreed to a loan of exceptional scope, the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec will present masterworks from the Musée du Louvre's eight departments: Egyptian Antiquity, Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquity, Oriental Antiquity, Islamic Art, Art objects, Paintings, Sculptures and Graphic Arts. Visitors will have the privilege of admiring this outstanding selection under four main themes: "Loving and Dying", "Learning and Working", "Inhabiting and Embellishing", "Celebrating and Entertaining".
Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Plains of Abraham

June 20th to August 24th, 2008 extended to September 7th
The Image Mill - Robert Lepage & Ex Machina
lacaserne.net
During 40 minutes, much more than an historical panorama, the Moulin à Images will offer a playful 3-D show about the city's past, present, and future. It will be a mosaic of icons, sounds, and ideas organized around four great ages of Quebec City: the age of waterways and exploration; the age of roadways and settlement; the age of railways and development; and the age of airways and communication.
Espace 400e, Vieux-Port de Québec/ surface of the Bunge grain elevator

September 11th to 13rd, 2008
Festival Envol et Macadam
www.envoletmacadam.com
Four days of indoor and outdoor performances featuring new musical trends and emerging and alternative types of music. This festival is where professional artists and the next generation meet, serving as a showcase and springboard for the latter.

Friday September 26th to Sunday 28th, 2008
Les Journées de la Culture
www.journeesdelaculture.qc.ca
The arts and culture milieu are preparing Three Big Days for you! Come and take advantage of the many free activities to see what goes on behind an exhibition's walls, meet writers, discover the work of a glass-artist or a painter, visit an archeological site, tickle a violin, play with puppets, learn about genealogy... All this and more during only three, awesome days!

Québec - www.journeesdelaculture.qc.ca

October 1st to 31st, 2008
Halloween - Plains of Abraham
www.ccbn-nbc.gc.ca
Day or night, until Halloween, you can admire free of charge the mysterious decor that tells strange tales connected with the park: the ghosts behind bars, Joan of Arc's voices, the white lady of Cap Diamant, La Corriveau, the Sabbath...
Mystery dinner at the Martello Tower. Lantern Tour Of The Park. Family Day. Guided Family Tour "to get a little scared".

October 23 - November 2nd, 2008
Quebec Festival of Sacred Music
www.festivalmusiquesacree.ca
The mission of the Quebec Festival of Sacred Music is to help bring sacred music to as large a public as possible, without any religious or linguistic barriers or restrictions on styles.
From gospel to Gregorian chants, from Corsican polyphonies to early music, the Festival offers musical forms inspired by spirituality, from here and elsewhere, from times gone by to today, performed by internationally renowned artists. Through their art, they express all the soothing and stirring powers of sacred music.

October 26th, 2008
Family day and costume parade
Halloween - Plains of Abraham
www.ccbn-nbc.gc.ca
Haunted towers, mini-train rides, giant period games, inflatable amusements, adventure maritime legends, fantastic rally, characters, giant pumpkin and costume parade for children and parents.
From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Joan of Arc Garden and at Martello Towers 1 and 2 - Cost: free